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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006

Figures for 2006, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006 covers 205 countries. Germany is highest, at 2.8990; 118 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.0000. Against 2005, 55 values changed (52 up, 3 down), 2 countries joined.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2006

HighestGermany

2.8990

Lowest118 countries share it

0.0000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 205 countries · select a heading to sort

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.8990
JapanJPNEastern Asia1.7080
United StatesUSANorthern America0.4110
ChinaCHNEastern Asia0.1602
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.1410
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.0614
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.0530
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.0450
South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.0360
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia0.0304
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.0300
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.0237
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.0224
CanadaCANNorthern America0.0220
MexicoMEXCentral America0.0160
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.0150
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.0140
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa0.0108
IndiaINDSouthern Asia0.0096
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.0080
PeruPERSouth America0.0058
UgandaUGAEastern Africa0.0054
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.0050
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.0050
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.0050

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Germany2.8990
  2. Japan1.7080
  3. United States0.4110
  4. China0.1602
  5. Spain0.1410

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.0000
  2. Zambiashared0.0000
  3. South Africashared0.0000
  4. Yemenshared0.0000
  5. Samoashared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.0000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 55values changed, of 203 in both
  • 52 · 3rose · fell
  • 148unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • India0.0116 → 0.0096−0.0020
  • Nepal0.0019 → 0.0018−0.0001
  • Burundi0.0001 → 0.0000−0.0001
+ Montenegro+ Serbia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 48 distinct values among 205

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 118 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 205 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work). No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (2006). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2006

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006?

Germany, at 2.8990, of the 205 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006 cover?

205.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2006 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024.

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